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Originally Posted by Livia
While I agree with everything you say, Annie, I am not a parent. Being a parent doesn't give you a special insight into right and wrong, as many parents who beat and even kill their own children prove. Everyone on this forum has a link to a 13 year old inasmuch as we all used to be one and can look back and see how terribly childlike we were at that age, although at the time we thought we were very grown up.
I'm sure all 13 year old think that they're very sophisticated. You've only got to walk past a secondary school emptying out and see the girls dressed up like street walkers to know that. Many young teenage girls are very provocative, but they are not adult enough to make informed choices and that's why the law must protect them. The barrister involved in this is an idiot.
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I don't think Annie meant that being a parent gives you special insight into right and wrong Livia, what I picked up from what she said was that if she actually had a 13 year old daughter herself would she think it's fine for some 40 year old man to sleep with her? I doubt she would.